Document Type

Date of this Version

Publication Source

Volume

Issue

Start Page

Last Page

DOI

Abstract

Objectives

Symptoms are compared among patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) admitted to the emergency department with or without acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Sex and age are also assessed.

Methods

A secondary analysis from the PROMOTION (Patient Response tO Myocardial Infarction fOllowing a Teaching Intervention Offered by Nurses) trial, an multicenter randomized controlled trial, was conducted.

Conclusions

In patients with CAD, shortness of breath and dizziness are more common in non-ACS, whereas prior percutaneous coronary intervention and chest or arm pain are important factors to include during ACS triage.

Copyright/Permission Statement

NOTICE: This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms, may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2012, 30(9), 1822-8, doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2012.03.002.